ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH

We headed south after leaving Dinosaur, passing through Rangely, which had a sign saying “A great place to live” - I don't think so, it was surrounded by nodding donkeys and gas installations and very barren.

Drove over the 8268 ft Douglas Pass and down to the I-70, along the pretty Colorado Riverway Road, and stopped at Dewey Bridge beside the Colorado River for two nights hoping to get in a site at Moab – typical we have only been here once before and it was Memorial Day and Moab was heaving! Same again but this time there is a half marathon, its Fall break for kids and a Jeep Jamboree! We managed to get a site for Saturday.

Dewey Bridge campground

Colorado Riverway Road

Colorado Riverway Road

Colorado Riverway Road

We spent a day at Arches National Park – this land boasts one of the world's greatest densities of natural arches. Over 2,000 catalogued arches range in size from a three foot opening, the minimum considered an arch, to the longest, Landscape Arch, measuring 306 feet base to base. We hiked Devil's Trail and primitive trail – about 7 miles in the hot sun.

Navajo Arch

Landscape Arch

Partition Arch

 Double O Arch

on the primitive trail

 Private Arch - no one there but us unlike any other Arch you had to do the primitive trail to see this one

 See Private Arch in the shade at the bottom left side

 The Japanese Jump - its what all the Japanese tourists do when they are taking photos, I waited till there was no one around to give it a go!

                                                                      Skyline arch

                                                          Balanced Rock

Private Arch

                                                            Park Avenue at Arches